Fresno Area Express

Fresno Area Express
FAX bus operating on Route 3 in January 2022
ParentCity of Fresno Department of Transportation
Founded1887
Service areaFresno and Clovis, California
Service typeBus service, paratransit
Routes18
Stops1,606
Hubs2 (Downtown, Manchester)
Fleet124 buses
Daily ridership38,400 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[1]
Annual ridership8,973,000 (2023)[2]
Fuel typeCNG, battery-electric, hydrogen
Websitefresno.gov/fax
System map (August 2023)

Fresno Area Express (FAX) is a public transportation operator in Fresno, California. The system had over 100 buses, 1,606 bus stops, and 18 routes as of August 2022. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 8,973,000, or about 38,400 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024. FAX fixed routes run as far south as Malaga to Valley Children's Hospital in the north. Lines also run as far east as Fowler Avenue in Clovis, and as far west as Hayes Avenue near Highway 99 in western Fresno.[3]

FAX has paratransit operations called Handy Ride, operated by a private contractor. FAX offers free transfers as well as wheelchair lifts and bike racks on all buses.[4]

  1. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "FAX : System Map" (PDF). Fresno.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  4. ^ [1] Archived April 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine